Reasons for British loss: Lack of effective British military leadership Flashcards
What was the major defeat under Burgoyne?
major defeat under Cornwallis?
Saratoga, 1777
Yorktown, 1781
What were Burgoyne’s two main flaws?
what was he eventually forced to do
Overconfident, did not co-ordinate with Generals Clinton and Howe.
surrender
who did Burgoyne combine in his army
Canadians, Loyalists, American Neutrals, and Native Americans
Who didn’t want to fight alongside the natives?
this caused low ______.
Loyalists and American neutrals
morale
How many days late were reinforcements to the Yorktown battle, 1781?
5 days
how many men did cornwallis have
4,000
South was not the ______ _________ Cornwallis had hoped for.
loyalist stronghold
what did Clinton blithely assure Cornwallis?
That the Americans would not be able to hold superiority of the seas
however, what did the Americans manage to do on the 5th Sept 1781?
Repelled the first British fleet.
when did the British eventually surrender?
19th October, 1781
therefore, what were the two main flaws in British military leadership?
Overconfident and tactically incompetent
